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Penny for your thoughts
Hi @Normchou am looking at the Australia-China relations article where I can see you've made some major contributions. You may have noticed there's an heavy weighting in the article towards recent events. I've come to the view that's because the dynamic of the last three or four years is new in its tumult. I've found a lot of reliable sources that are describing it as a coercion campaign; and I think there's enough of them to create a separate article on the topic. I've put that suggestion on the talk page and would be very much open to your thoughts and suggestions. MatthewDalhousie (talk) 09:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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